Doctor Who
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I think the news reports implied that he came to the conclusion that if he didn't walk away from the role early, he wouldn't be able to walk away from the role ever. That's what happened happened to the first guy to play Superman on TV. He was so well known in that role that he couldn't get a job doing anything else after the show was canceled.
I just did a quick check on a number of sources of mine, and there is nothing definitive about whether The Doctor did use up one of his regenerations or not when he healed himself and transferred the remainder of the regenerative energies into his severed hand. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that the people in charge of the show might not count it as a regeneration.
IIRC, I think it was the late Robert Holmes that helped come up with the 13 limit body. In the 2nd Doctor's era, it seemed to be implied that the Time Lords were immortal. Then again, in the 4th Doctor episode, "The Brain of Morbius", it was also stated by Philip Hinchcliffe, the producer of a lot of the 4th Doc's series, that all the faces seen during the psychic mind wrestling match, were all the Doctor's, implying that he was much older than he liked to make out that he was. Given that in the 7th Doctor's era that it was canon that he was 959 years old when he regenerated, and is now in his 10th body and only 900 years old? Looks like it'll be a good explanation maybe, but I don't mind seeing that artificial limit to regenerations taken off.
It is explained in the DW:EU and other older TV episodes that the 13 regeneration limit is purely a cultural limitation and it amounts to the Time Lords running out of Will To Live so they don't bother with more regenerations.
The DW:EU puts it at ~10000 years or so for thier total lifespan. Since the Time Lords have been actual Time Lords for ~10 million years(mentioned in TV eps), and been rulers of at least the milkway galaxy and possible the universe(older DW TV eps used the word 'galaxy' where the new TV eps use 'universe' when describing the exact same thing.) for 10 billion years at the dawn of the universe(In novels, referanced to in TV eps).
Even the older Doctor Who TV eps peg the Time Lords/Gallifrey civilization at least 7 billion years or so "mastered transmit technology when the universe was half it's current size"
The DW:EU puts it at ~10000 years or so for thier total lifespan. Since the Time Lords have been actual Time Lords for ~10 million years(mentioned in TV eps), and been rulers of at least the milkway galaxy and possible the universe(older DW TV eps used the word 'galaxy' where the new TV eps use 'universe' when describing the exact same thing.) for 10 billion years at the dawn of the universe(In novels, referanced to in TV eps).
Even the older Doctor Who TV eps peg the Time Lords/Gallifrey civilization at least 7 billion years or so "mastered transmit technology when the universe was half it's current size"
Actually I wonder what his next companion is like, are we finally getting Riversong or Jane back? Also Tennant's staying around for the 2009 schedule or isnt there going to be one.
Well I hope eventually they find a way to bring back the Doctors home planet since the Daleks keep coming back.
Also who's your favorite companion to date?
Mines Martha Jones, and Jack
Well I hope eventually they find a way to bring back the Doctors home planet since the Daleks keep coming back.
Also who's your favorite companion to date?
Mines Martha Jones, and Jack
The favourites for the next Doctor are:
Paterson Joseph who has appeared in previous episodes of the show and would be the first black Doctor.
David Morrissey who appears in the next Christmas special. It will the first time the Doctor will meet himself. The Christmas Special is even called The Next Doctor.
James Nesbitt the star of Cold Feet.
John Simm the Life on Mars star.
Also Paul McGann who played the Doctor in 1996 in a one-off Doctor Who film.
Paterson Joseph who has appeared in previous episodes of the show and would be the first black Doctor.
David Morrissey who appears in the next Christmas special. It will the first time the Doctor will meet himself. The Christmas Special is even called The Next Doctor.
James Nesbitt the star of Cold Feet.
John Simm the Life on Mars star.
Also Paul McGann who played the Doctor in 1996 in a one-off Doctor Who film.
well the Christmas special was particularly nice, It does give a feeling that he current doctor is getting tired of everything. I wonder how his death is gonna play out, maybe Jane will be his next companion....and they can bring back Susan.
Actually now I wouldn't mind if they made and entire season a flashback of the time war, or he went back and fixed it somehow.
Anyway Martha Jones will always be the best Companion
Actually now I wouldn't mind if they made and entire season a flashback of the time war, or he went back and fixed it somehow.
Anyway Martha Jones will always be the best Companion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleventh_Doctor
There is the Eleventh Doctor.
I think I just got a wee bit too many Twilight vibes and kind of shuddered.
There is the Eleventh Doctor.
I think I just got a wee bit too many Twilight vibes and kind of shuddered.
I'm really really hoping it's the master...
Hey, who knows, maybe the Christina (Or is it Christine? Can't remember) from the Easter Special will be the new companion... Doubt it, but one can always hope... Heres hoping the new Doctor isn't an emo... *Shudders*
Edit: For the record... Tennant wanted out cause he wanted to remember having had fun being the Doctor, not it being 'a job'...
Hey, who knows, maybe the Christina (Or is it Christine? Can't remember) from the Easter Special will be the new companion... Doubt it, but one can always hope... Heres hoping the new Doctor isn't an emo... *Shudders*
Edit: For the record... Tennant wanted out cause he wanted to remember having had fun being the Doctor, not it being 'a job'...